I dont think it was a coincidence that Esther Thebe walked past me that day on her way to her Popstars audition. There I was, pretty much minding my own business, and right in front of me, a colleague of mine stopped a young woman in the crowd and asked her why she had a series of ☆stars tattooed across her chest. The question itsself caught my attention and the answer that followed touched me deeply.

Esthers smiling face and willingness to share her story didn’t lessen the impact one felt on hearing that each of those 14 stars across her young chest was for the memory of a life lost. Four big stars for her grandparents and ten smaller ones for her young cousins who passed away tragically in a car accident. I felt it was such a beautifully meaningful expression of remembrance, I had to share it.

Having met her so briefly, one never knows, but it warmed my heart to see a young person who appears to have overcome an enormous amount of grief and is able to express it in such a wonderful way, wearing her ☆stars wherever she goes. ♥.·☆*•.¸♫..♪’·-♫.’·.♪☆*•.¸.·♥